Happy Easter & Sewing!!

We have had a wonderful Easter weekend complete with Easter baskets, egg coloring and bison steaks on the grill!  My rockin' husband worked on our chicken coop so that we can get some chickens within the next few weeks.  Even the weather was nice!  Amidst all the fun, I still managed to get a little sewing in :)

Here are some pads for a customer in Norway. They are natural bamboo velour with colored fleece backing.

A set of pads for a coop order that I am woking on right now. 

Tonight, I will be sewing trainers like mad!!  I have 35 to get done in the next 10-14 days!!!

Custom Diapers

I happily finished an order of custom diapers tonight.  Diapers are time consuming for me, but they are the product that brings me the most satisfaction.  So, without further ado, this is what I have been working on all week...

...next up, stocking some trainers, knitting, Yoga Meltdown, and a bubble bath!

Good Night!!

Dyeing Fabric

It occurred to me recently that I should really make some time to keep up with this blog!  I guess I will start with today.  This afternoon my two older girls helped me dye some fabric.  We started mixing colors and I realized I didn't have my camera, so oh well, we didn't take pics of the process.  There was no way that I was going to step away from the dye to get it. That could have very quickly turned into a disaster!!! So, I will just post pics of the end product.  We dyed some t-shirts for their baby sister, because she is quickly outgrowing all of her clothes and we also did some cuts of bamboo velour.  One of which I am over-dying for a custom diaper right now because the colors just didn't come out dark enough.  I am excited to sew up the bamboo velour into a diaper or two and some pretty mama cloth.  I am extremely happy with the colors :)

Sewing and stocking previews!

I am slowly getting back into the swing of things after getting settled in from the move.  As this pregnancy progresses, I am having a hard time sewing for more than an hour or two at a time, so I haven't been able to do as much.  Here are few things that will be stocking soon at my main shop and at Luna's Gate!  I also on stocking some trainers.

Newborn bamboo diapers.  I love these! They are squishy and soft and are completely made from Bamboo/Organic Cotton Fleece.  I plan on dying some bamboo fleece for some girlie ones this weekend!

This diaper is so soft and beautiful!  It is Bamboo Velour for the outer/inner & Bamboo Fleece for the soaker layers.  I love the way the colors came out, perfect for Autumn!

 

This is a custom order of trainers that just went out the other day! I love sewing trainers, they are just so adorable.  I hope the little boy that these were going to loves the, too!

Knitting & News!

I have taken a couple months off from my business while getting over some terrible morning sickness and moving 1500 miles up to Northwestern Washington.  Washington has been such a great change for us, though moving with a 2 and 3 year old was pretty stressful at times!  The girls and I have been spending as much time as humanly possible outside.  There are plenty of beautiful parks and things to do to keep us busy for a long time!

I have been knitting a lot lately, especially since I have a new little coming in only 4 months!  This first set is my favorite.  It is Ky Baby Knits Grapefruit Love on BFL and it is so soft!

These are some newborn longies in Sugarbubbie's Promise colorway on Canadian BFL and is another favorite. 

This sweater was originally supposed to be for Julianne, but she didn't even want to try it on :(  Her little sister absolutely loves it, so it is hers now! 

Still Struggling!

Sewing and knitting have been nearly impossible for me right now.  It is all good though because we are expecting a new baby on Christmas!  My oldest is expecially excited and told me even before I was pregnant that she was going to have a baby brother for Christmas.  We shall see if she is right soon enough!  Wait there's more... my amazing husband scored a promotion in Washington State!  We are currently packing up and trying to sell the house and will be moving in August.  We are so excited to be leaving the desert and escaping the heat for some much needed green landscape!

This past week I have managed to work on some trainers and unders for a coop.  I didn't get much done, but luckily it is a small coop.  I don't normally make plain unders (except for my own kids), but a mama requested them, so I was happy to do them for her.  Maybe after we move and get settled, they will become a regular offering on my cart.

It's a miracle...

...that I finished this coop! 94 trainers done!!  I have not been feeling well as of lately and I really have been struggling with sewing. I am happy to be finished and am very happy with how they all came out.  I am taking a little break for a few days and then I have some work to do on my diaper patterns, as I am doing some sizing adjustments and am working on the design of my front-snapping diaper.  I hope to be stocking again at the end of the month. I will also be guest stocking at Luna's Gate on May 27th for their storybook theme.